Note that I am in no way condoning Marky Mark's actions. I am however, disappointed that so many people just love to judge others based on how they behaved decades ago, while completely ignoring everything they may had done in the interim. Hell, I was arrested for shoplifting when I was 17 (ordered to attend a 'scared straight' program, no fines, no jail/juvie time). I've never stolen anything since then, and I'm 38 now...am I still a thief because of what I did 21 years ago?

homarjr:I know people here love to hate on the Transformers movies, but I think the third one was the best of the three (even if it was a little long).

You can't expect these movies to be anything than they already are, but I feel like there's room for optimism on the next one.

Really? I thought the third was by far the worst of the three. With the exception of the scenes with John Turturro and Alan Tudyk, I was pretty much bored for most of the movie...and I'm definitely a fan of action films, so this isn't some holier-than-thou poo-pooing of the summer action blockbuster genre. Admittedly, I dislike Shia LaBeouf, and I think Rosie Huntington-Whiteley looks like a blow-up doll, so that may have had some impact on my feelings about the film. Still, I'm of the mind that the Transformers movies have gotten worse each time out.

Note that I am in no way condoning Marky Mark's actions. I am however, disappointed that so many people just love to judge others based on how they behaved decades ago, while completely ignoring everything they may had done in the interim. Hell, I was arrested for shoplifting when I was 17 (ordered to attend a 'scared straight' program, no fines, no jail/juvie time). I've never stolen anything since then, and I'm 38 now...am I still a thief because of what I did 21 years ago?

Teufelaffe:homarjr: I know people here love to hate on the Transformers movies, but I think the third one was the best of the three (even if it was a little long).

You can't expect these movies to be anything than they already are, but I feel like there's room for optimism on the next one.

Really? I thought the third was by far the worst of the three. With the exception of the scenes with John Turturro and Alan Tudyk, I was pretty much bored for most of the movie...and I'm definitely a fan of action films, so this isn't some holier-than-thou poo-pooing of the summer action blockbuster genre. Admittedly, I dislike Shia LaBeouf, and I think Rosie Huntington-Whiteley looks like a blow-up doll, so that may have had some impact on my feelings about the film. Still, I'm of the mind that the Transformers movies have gotten worse each time out.

I just thought the story-line of the third one was actually decent. The moon landing aspect of it was a good touch, and even the dude who sided with the Decepticons because that's where they money/power will be.....I dunno, just seemed like an overall better story than the first two.

None of them had great acting by any means, and a lot of wasted time on useless scenes, but I can't hold that against them when they're clearly meant for kids. To each their own though....

Aside from not really having any interest in the movie (though putting in Mark Walberg may change that), I can honestly say I will not miss Lebouf. It worked for the first film, since he was supposed to be a whiny teenager, but after that it's just more of the same (still haven't seen all of the second movie and not a second of the third one).

The theme of Transformers is, "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings." If you can't start from there and make a great movie, you weren't even trying.

Batman is a little different than Transformers. You're going to have a hard time making an adult-themed movie about fighting robots. And, more importantly, you're going to have a hard time making it nearly as successful as the ones that we already have.

The main character in these movies is one that requires full CGI. Name another movie that has that, but is on the level of Nolan's Batman?